谈到能否为诗歌绘制插图不可避免地要涉及诗与画的关系问题。莱辛在《拉奥孔》中通过分析古典雕刻与诗歌在表现手法上的差异,论证了造型艺术与诗的界限,即空间艺术与时间艺术的界限。具体说就是画用形状和颜色摹仿空间中并列的物体,诗则用语言和声音表现时间中承续的动作。莱辛对诗画间区别的深入分析,指出了两者各自的局限性,各 The question of whether we can draw illustrations for poetry inevitably involves the relationship between poetry and painting. Lessing in “Laocoon”, Lessing argues that the boundary between the modeling art and the poem is the boundary of the space art and the time art by analyzing the difference of the performance techniques between the classical carving and the poetry. More specifically, it draws objects that are juxtaposed with the shapes and colors to imitate the space, while the poems use words and sounds to represent the actions that continue in time. Lessing’s deep analysis of the differences between poetry and painting points out the respective limitations of both